diff --git a/bin/install.sh b/bin/install.sh
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+++ b/bin/install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+numArgs=$#
+
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+function die() {
+    MESG="${1:-Died}"
+    echo "${MESG}" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ !$numArgs -gt 0 ]]; then
+	die "Please supply a version number e.g. 0.0.1"
+fi
+
+group="de.mpg.shh"
+artifact="util-properties"
+version=$1
+shift
+
+lein jar
+lein localrepo install target/${artifact}-${version}.jar ${group}/${artifact} ${version}
+
+# /Users/clayton/.m2/repository/de/mpg/shh/util-properties/0.0.1/util-properties-0.0.1.jar
+# create sha1sums for the jar and pom
+group_path=$(echo "${group}" | tr "." "/")
+jar_path="${HOME}/.m2/repository/${group_path}/${artifact}/${version}/${artifact}-${version}.jar"
+jar_sum_path="${jar_path}.sha1"
+
+pom_path="${HOME}/.m2/repository/${group_path}/${artifact}/${version}/${artifact}-${version}.pom"
+pom_sum_path="${pom_path}.sha1"
+
+shasum ${jar_path} | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > ${jar_sum_path}
+shasum ${pom_path} | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > ${pom_sum_path}
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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+(defproject de.mpg.shh/util-properties "0.0.1"
+  :description "Read properties files from the classpath"
+  :url "http://www.shh.mpg.de/"
+  :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
+            :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.8.0"]
+                 [org.clojure/tools.logging "0.3.1"]
+                 [org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api "2.5"]
+                 [org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core "2.5"]
+                 [org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-1.2-api "2.5"]]
+  :source-paths ["src/main/clojure"])
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/de/mpg/shh/util_properties/properties.clj b/src/main/clojure/de/mpg/shh/util_properties/properties.clj
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+++ b/src/main/clojure/de/mpg/shh/util_properties/properties.clj
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+(ns de.mpg.shh.util-properties.properties
+  (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [clojure.string :as str]))
+
+(defn properties->map
+  "Convert the properties list to a map, transforming the value
+  whenever a transformer is defined for that key."
+  ([properties]
+     (properties->map properties {}))
+  ([properties transformer-for]
+     (letfn [(keyfor [s] (mapv keyword (str/split (key s) #"\.")))]
+       (reduce (fn [accum entry]
+                 (let [k (keyfor entry)]
+                   (if-let [f (transformer-for k)]
+                     (assoc-in accum k (f (val entry)))
+                     (assoc-in accum k (val entry)))))
+               {} properties))))
+
+(defn load-properties
+  "Load named properties file from the classpath, return a map with
+  values optionally transformed by `transform-map`."
+  ([resource-name]
+     (load-properties resource-name {}))
+  ([resource-name transform-map]
+     (when-let [resource (io/resource resource-name)]
+       (let [properties (doto (java.util.Properties.) (.load (io/input-stream resource)))]
+         (properties->map properties transform-map)))))